| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 262 pages) |
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Who should we keep locked up? / Duncan Nichol -- Parole and risk assessment / Stephen Shute -- Parole board and the changing face of public law / Mark Elliott -- Why fairness matters in criminal justice / Alison Liebling -- New Zealand parole board, its independence and some domestic and international legal challenges / Tony Ellis -- Dealing with indeterminacy : life sentences and IPP- the view from within / Terry McCarthy -- Parole board as a court / Simon Creighton -- Current practice and future changes : a judicial member's perspective / Anthony Thornton -- Recall and re-release of determinate sentence prisoners / Jo Thompson -- Consideration of discretion, offender attributes and the process of recall / Helen Collins -- Recalls : contested facts and risk assessment / Hamish Arnott -- Offenders' views on risk assessment / Gill Attrill and Glenda Liell -- MAPPA, parole and the management of high-risk offenders in the community / Hazel Kemshall -- Paradoxical effects of stringent risk management : community failure and sex offenders / Jackie Craissati -- Pulling together the threads- public confidence and perceptions of fairness / Christine Glenn -- Personal overview / Hugh Southey |
| Summary |
This book is concerned to explore the changing role of the Parole Board across the range of its responsibilities, including the prediction of risk and deciding on the release (or continued detention) of the growing number of recalled prisoners and of those subject to indeterminate sentences. In doing so it aims to rectify the lack of attention that has been given by lawyers, academics and practitioners to 'back door sentencing' (where the real length of a sentence is decided by those who take the decision to release) compared to 'front door sentencing' (decisions taken by judges or magistr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Parole Board for England and Wales.
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Great Britain. Parole Board for England and Wales. |
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- England
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- Wales
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales
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Judicial discretion -- England
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Judicial discretion -- Wales
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Mandatory sentences -- England
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Mandatory sentences -- Wales
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Parole -- England -- Decision making
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Parole -- Wales -- Decision making
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Recidivism -- England
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Recidivism -- Wales
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Judicial discretion.
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Mandatory sentences.
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Parole -- Decision making.
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Recidivism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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England.
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Wales.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Padfield, Nicola.
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| ISBN |
1134024711 |
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1282238051 |
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1843926911 |
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9781134024711 |
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9781282238053 |
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9781843926917 |
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